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Almost 1/4 in Germany have foreign origins

The number of people with foreign origins living in Germany increased by 4.4 percent in 2017, according to figures published Wednesday by the German statistics office. Some 19.3 million are either not born in Germany or have at least one parent who is not a German citizen, a record high. They represent 23.6 percent of Germany's population and 51 percent of them are German citizens.

This is a political crisis unprecedented in Austria since the war: the resignation of the vice-chancellor, firing of the interior minister, the mass resignation of FPO ministers, a snap election, and a no-confidence vote in the Austrian parliament on Monday.

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A planned high-speed railway connection through the Alps between Italy and France has been highly controversial for decades and is pitting governing Italian coalition parties against each other. But the European Commission insists it must go ahead.